Status:
COMPLETED
Paramedic Independent Prescribing in Emergency and Urgent Care
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southampton
Conditions:
Prescribing
Prescribing Practices
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
The goal of this mixed methods observational study is to investigate paramedic independent prescribing (PIP) in emergency and urgent healthcare settings. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1....
Detailed Description
This research study aims to investigate paramedic independent prescribing (PIP) within emergency and urgent healthcare, whilst also exploring any facilitators or barriers to its implementation and del...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for Paramedic Prescriber Participants:
- Registered Paramedic
- Completion of an approved IP course and annotated as a PIP with the Health Care Professions Council
- Registered as an independent prescriber with employing Trust and using PIP in emergency and urgent care practice.
- Working in a role which is focused on the assessment of emergency and urgent care presentations. This includes undifferentiated minor and major illness and injury, urgent palliative care cases during out of hours periods and medical emergencies.
- Exclusion Criteria for Paramedic Prescribing Participants:
- Paramedics who are not qualified or registered in IP, including those currently undertaking their training
- Paramedics qualified in PIP but not actually independently prescribing in practice
- Prescribing paramedics working in roles that are not associated with emergency and urgent care. This includes pre hospital critical care paramedic roles and those working in areas of secondary care outside of the emergency department. This includes intensive care, critical care, coronary care, ambulatory care or acute medical admission units.
- Paramedics who are dual qualified and dual registered as another profession eg nurse- As this might influence data collection from the potential differences in prescriptive authority allowed from alternative professional registration.
- Inclusion Criteria for Case Study Interview Participants:
- \- Participants must be an employee of the case study organisation and have relevant experience of PIP within the case study site. If required, informal discussions with potential participants expressing an interest will be used to confirm their eligibility and understanding of the research aims and objectives.
- Exclusion Criteria for Case Study Interview Participants:
- \- No specific exclusion criteria will be set, however during recruitment, participants will be provided with written information about the study, to ensure they understand the research topic and aims, whilst ensuring they feel they are able to provide relevant data towards these through their participation in an interview.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 17 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06107244
Start Date
October 17 2023
End Date
March 1 2025
Last Update
April 8 2025
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom, SO17 1BJ